Random news of the day

[trainman]

I started yesterday with a Roosters Yankee at Euston Tap, before heading up for a Walthamstow-ish crawl, then down to William IV

[hondo]

"has secured its first site"
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/C...-beer-bar-site

[oldboots]

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/b...onal-1-5747136

[Quinno]

A warning letter, drafted by British lawyers hired by the Missouri-based company to protect its UK commercial interests, says: ‘Visually and aurally, Belle-Vue and Belleville share the first six letters in common and end with the same letter “e”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ry-school.html

[Oggwyn Trench]

A warning letter, drafted by British lawyers hired by the Missouri-based company to protect its UK commercial interests, says: ‘Visually and aurally, Belle-Vue and Belleville share the first six letters in common and end with the same letter “e”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ry-school.html

At least no one will ever confuse Budweiser with beer

[Aqualung]

At least no one will ever confuse Budweiser with beer

Or any of the utter garbage that this Global Coroporate Abomination churns out. The Belle Vue fruit beers are very pale imitations of the real thing.

As Nick Davies so eloquently put it in the Pub Sign Forum "Marketing/PR departments tend to be populated by the sort of people who go on the Apprentice". I think in this case we could add people who go on Big Brother.

[hondo]

"thickened base cut out "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...our-phone.html

[oldboots]

Another of those lists, but PUBS???? only about half are actually pubs;

http://www.esquire.co.uk/food-drink/...ish-pubs/#null

[Mobyduck]

Another of those lists, but PUBS???? only about half are actually pubs;

http://www.esquire.co.uk/food-drink/...ish-pubs/#null

Only been in nos 2,3 and 4 and they would be well up in my list.

[oldboots]

6,7 and 9 for me but 6 & 7 ain't pubs (and Tandleman agrees) and 9 is an Edinburgh bar, all damn good though.